Paul Dempsey
@pmdempsey.com
Tech journalist. DC-based again after a decade in Asia. Occasionally cranky. Too much #AI, #semiconductors, #EDA, socmed, climate and way too much Sino-US rivalry. Dogs, horses and #MUFC.
Did some footy finance thing many moons ago.
Did some footy finance thing many moons ago.
In Cade Metz's NYT piece today, we have this from Open AI's spokesman. Is he aware all three of the sectors he cites had major investment bubbles?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/t...
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In Cade Metz's NYT piece today, we have this from Open AI's spokesman. Is he aware all three of the sectors he cites had major investment bubbles?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/t...
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A fifth of new energy projects supporting the AI data center boom risk delay, according to the World Energy Outlook 2025 from the International Energy Agency, suggesting that capital costs could rise by 20-30%
It is the benchmark used by governments and NGOs in economic projections.
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A fifth of new energy projects supporting the AI data center boom risk delay, according to the World Energy Outlook 2025 from the International Energy Agency, suggesting that capital costs could rise by 20-30%
It is the benchmark used by governments and NGOs in economic projections.
1/5
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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A fifth of new energy projects supporting the AI data center boom risk delay, according to the World Energy Outlook 2025 from the International Energy Agency, suggesting that capital costs could rise by 20-30%
It is the benchmark used by governments and NGOs in economic projections.
1/5
A fifth of new energy projects supporting the AI data center boom risk delay, according to the World Energy Outlook 2025 from the International Energy Agency, suggesting that capital costs could rise by 20-30%
It is the benchmark used by governments and NGOs in economic projections.
1/5
For no good reason I can think of, here is a 2023 picture of the Carlton Tavern in Kilburn, London. Demolished without proper authority in 2015, the local council forced the developer to rebuild the pub "brick-by-brick" and the work was completed for a reopening in 2021.
(Thanks to 'the wub')
(Thanks to 'the wub')
October 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
For no good reason I can think of, here is a 2023 picture of the Carlton Tavern in Kilburn, London. Demolished without proper authority in 2015, the local council forced the developer to rebuild the pub "brick-by-brick" and the work was completed for a reopening in 2021.
(Thanks to 'the wub')
(Thanks to 'the wub')
'Colossus 2' - very droll.
This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours: Obey me and live, or disobey and die.'
This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours: Obey me and live, or disobey and die.'
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
'Colossus 2' - very droll.
This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours: Obey me and live, or disobey and die.'
This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours: Obey me and live, or disobey and die.'
Posted because somebody had to....
August 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Posted because somebody had to....
What on earth made me think of this today?
August 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What on earth made me think of this today?
Almost as good as the live coded app.... that turns out to have a 2-day streak.
August 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Almost as good as the live coded app.... that turns out to have a 2-day streak.
From Executive Order 12333 signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 (for what it's worth, obviously).
June 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
From Executive Order 12333 signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 (for what it's worth, obviously).
Dunno why, but I'm suddenly thinking about Gordon Moore's repeated joke when it was suggested Intel get back into consumer electronics after its failure with Microma in the 1970s.
"Let me show you my $15m watch."
"Let me show you my $15m watch."
May 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Dunno why, but I'm suddenly thinking about Gordon Moore's repeated joke when it was suggested Intel get back into consumer electronics after its failure with Microma in the 1970s.
"Let me show you my $15m watch."
"Let me show you my $15m watch."
Habemus Papa!
(He actually *does* look the part, you know)
(He actually *does* look the part, you know)
May 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Habemus Papa!
(He actually *does* look the part, you know)
(He actually *does* look the part, you know)
Tesla....declining regional shares and a tariff kicking ahoy.
April 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tesla....declining regional shares and a tariff kicking ahoy.
Mao Ning, official Chinese spokesperson, elsewhere.
April 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Mao Ning, official Chinese spokesperson, elsewhere.
Hawley shows an internal FB chat discussing profiling young mothers.
Misspelt but "There is a level of behavioral targeting."
Misspelt but "There is a level of behavioral targeting."
April 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hawley shows an internal FB chat discussing profiling young mothers.
Misspelt but "There is a level of behavioral targeting."
Misspelt but "There is a level of behavioral targeting."
Hawley: Seeks to clarify how censorship tools were deployed in HK and Taiwan. Shows email that contradicts testimony to committee that they did not make user data available and that also breaches Meta's FCC consent decree responsibility to be transparent about how user data was used.
April 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hawley: Seeks to clarify how censorship tools were deployed in HK and Taiwan. Shows email that contradicts testimony to committee that they did not make user data available and that also breaches Meta's FCC consent decree responsibility to be transparent about how user data was used.
Interesting shift. Focus is on soundbites from Carney's press conference PC ("no longer reliable", "relationship is over") but it set out a framework for pivoting Canada's economy from US (MC: big on contingencies, eg his BofE role & Brexit). Trump admin seems to have noted it wasn't just rhetoric.
March 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Interesting shift. Focus is on soundbites from Carney's press conference PC ("no longer reliable", "relationship is over") but it set out a framework for pivoting Canada's economy from US (MC: big on contingencies, eg his BofE role & Brexit). Trump admin seems to have noted it wasn't just rhetoric.
Chat GPT, show me an image that captures the saying, "He gets bloody everywhere."
March 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Chat GPT, show me an image that captures the saying, "He gets bloody everywhere."
From elsewhere, a sign of the times?
March 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
From elsewhere, a sign of the times?